"See here, Mister, ain't you lookin' for somebody?"
"Certainly I am," he replied pleasantly.
Grey looked at him a moment and saw that he would not drop the subject, and immediately endeavored to mislead him by answering, "Of course I am; I came in from the country this morning, and I don't know what hotel she was going to."
"Ah, ha," mused the clerk, as if at loss how to proceed, "I guess you didn't know where to find her, and you haven't found her yet, have you?"
"No," Grey replied quietly.
"Is she big or little?"
"Well, she ain't little," answered Grey.
"Now, see here, my friend, that's all right; but I'm pretty sure you didn't just come in from the country, and further, I think I can show you the woman you've been hunting."
Grey smiled and intimated that he was perfectly willing to be shown the woman.